:00:16. > :00:26.the victory. Lewis Hamilton has done it. That was a devastating
:00:26. > :00:26.
:00:26. > :01:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 61 seconds
:01:28. > :01:32.performance. What a race. Round 16: Seasons blend into one another. The
:01:32. > :01:37.teams, fans and the drivers are always looking to the future. But
:01:37. > :01:47.sometimes, some things -- something happens that this special that
:01:47. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:53.deserves a reflection on a special snapshot in time. To win the
:01:53. > :02:03.championship here is fantastic. I mean, there are so many things you
:02:03. > :02:07.wanted to say in this moment, but it is hard to remember all of them.
:02:07. > :02:10.The chance to crown Sebastian Vettel as world champion. He has
:02:10. > :02:15.broken records throughout his career. Or will we see another
:02:15. > :02:25.broken today? Are you playing the percentage game more going for
:02:25. > :02:26.
:02:26. > :02:32.glory? For glory. That is why we are here. You are the 2011 world
:02:32. > :02:36.champion, well done. I am just so, so thankful to everyone in the team
:02:36. > :02:41.and it is great to receive -- are to have achieved the goal that we
:02:41. > :02:46.set ourselves going into this year. This is the Hall of fame you are
:02:47. > :02:55.joining. Back-to-back Formula One world champions. The incomparable
:02:55. > :03:05.Alain Prost. Ayrton Senna... Michael Schumacher will be world
:03:05. > :03:09.champion. A big attacker then... Alonso and his world champion...
:03:09. > :03:12.And that incredible weekend in Japan mean Sebastian Vettel is the
:03:12. > :03:16.new Formula One world champion but don't think for one moment there is
:03:16. > :03:19.no incentive for the men gathered behind me, the current drivers in
:03:19. > :03:24.Formula One. They are desperate to prove they have what it takes to
:03:24. > :03:28.pick up a win before now at the end of the season. Just a few races
:03:28. > :03:32.until the end of 2011. This weekend, we are racing at the newest track
:03:32. > :03:37.in Formula One but in two weeks' time, that will no longer be the
:03:37. > :03:40.case when India joined the fun at the end of October. We will be
:03:40. > :03:44.partying in Delhi and then it is off to Abu Dhabi before the season
:03:44. > :03:50.ends in Brazil at the end of November. What a long and
:03:50. > :03:54.successful season for Sebastian Vettel. That gap at the top cannot
:03:54. > :04:00.be bridged, which means Sebastian Vettel is the new Formula One world
:04:00. > :04:04.champion. It is between Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso and Mark
:04:04. > :04:08.Webber and Lewis Hamilton for second. In the constructors battle,
:04:08. > :04:12.Red Bull are 130 points ahead. If they outscore McLaren this weekend,
:04:12. > :04:16.they will be constructors champions. We know there are already a few
:04:16. > :04:19.races left this season, we know who the Formula One champion is but we
:04:19. > :04:24.don't know who will take the chequered flag in South Korea. All
:04:24. > :04:30.the action in a moment, but first, highlight of a dramatic qualifying
:04:30. > :04:34.Ince -- session on Saturday with Ted Kravitz.
:04:34. > :04:39.Isn't it just a typical? Sebastian Vettel wraps up the championship in
:04:39. > :04:43.Japan and a week later in Korea, we are treated to the most
:04:43. > :04:47.unpredictable and competitive qualifying of the year. It is 14
:04:47. > :04:50.years since Williams won a championship and Rubens Barrichello
:04:50. > :04:55.was the first big-name knocked out. He starts the 18th. Michael
:04:55. > :05:01.Schumacher misses the top 10 after a will brush up -- will vibration
:05:01. > :05:08.slowed him down. The Felipe Massa qualified ahead of his team-mate
:05:08. > :05:13.for the second week running. But Fernando has not been sure whether
:05:13. > :05:19.they new wing is making things better or worse? Has it made it
:05:19. > :05:24.better or worse? That is the answer. I was able to do a good lap, even
:05:24. > :05:29.not having the new front wing, so it was very positive for me. I am
:05:29. > :05:33.really looking forward to having a good race. That left an intense
:05:33. > :05:39.final few minutes as McLaren tried to end the dominance of Red Bull in
:05:39. > :05:44.qualifying. Weather map -- Mark Webber is fourth on the grid, out
:05:44. > :05:49.Jenson Button is third. McLaren are at this light visible and --
:05:49. > :05:54.disadvantage at the Red Bull managed to set -- after Red Bull
:05:54. > :06:02.managed to save three sets of tyres. It was an event will at last battle
:06:02. > :06:12.for Vettel. He chose to beat last on May had -- it was an event for
:06:12. > :06:13.
:06:13. > :06:20.last qualifying for battle. He early, but the stewards decided he
:06:20. > :06:24.had not gained an advantage. Lewis Hamilton had kept his personal
:06:24. > :06:29.problems in the garage and gained a pole position for the first time
:06:29. > :06:32.this season, ending the 16 run of up Red Bull. It is great to be
:06:32. > :06:37.there, and it is definitely great to have a starting pitching for
:06:37. > :06:42.tomorrow, but tomorrow is the important day. I have to focus all
:06:42. > :06:50.my energies on that. I was surprised in a Q3 to show -- see
:06:50. > :06:53.how close we were, because in cutey, we were quite far behind -- in Q2.
:06:53. > :06:59.Whether this strategy with the tyres turns out to be an advantage
:06:59. > :07:03.we will save. It might turn out that it really works for them, but
:07:03. > :07:08.hopefully by the time we have the new set of tyres, if we ever do, we
:07:08. > :07:12.will be so far in the lead it would matter. So Lewis Hamilton on pole
:07:12. > :07:16.position and looking for a win. Sebastian Vettel is alongside and
:07:16. > :07:20.has a better race strategy with those new tyres. Jenson Button on
:07:20. > :07:26.the clean side of the grid and gunning for a Sebastian Vettel off
:07:27. > :07:30.the line. The Ferraris are bound to be a factor in the race.
:07:30. > :07:35.Alguersuari out-qualifies Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes, while
:07:35. > :07:39.Kobayashi is the lead Sauber. 16th and 18th for Williams, but at least
:07:39. > :07:45.a Barrichello has new tyres for the race. Kovalainen wins the battle
:07:45. > :07:49.for the new teams, and Daniel Ricciardo is allowed to start the
:07:49. > :07:53.race despite not qualifying due to a water leak.
:07:53. > :07:58.MARTIN BRUNDLE: As soon as we get a line at the back of the field, we
:07:58. > :08:02.will see a man with a green flag he will tell Charlie Whiting to go. We
:08:02. > :08:09.don't see him but the lights are coming on and the Korean Grand Prix
:08:09. > :08:14.is now under way. Hamilton away well, Jenson Button away very well
:08:14. > :08:20.indeed. It is a left-hander at the first corner. Some contact right at
:08:20. > :08:24.the back, between a Sauber and a Toro Rosso. The rest avoided it.
:08:24. > :08:31.The Toro Rosso was very slow through turn to. Hamilton with
:08:31. > :08:36.Vettel in his slipstream. Look that bad, Vettel pulls out, but Hamilton
:08:36. > :08:42.has the inside. Felipe Massa right into third place, what a tremendous
:08:42. > :08:49.braking zone for him. Felipe Massa, brave as you like. Jenson Button
:08:49. > :08:53.tried to go outside him. Alonso is in there too, so is Webber. And
:08:53. > :08:59.Vettel leads the race! His straight-line speed, going around
:08:59. > :09:07.the outside, inside for the next corner, and Jenson Button is
:09:07. > :09:10.getting shuffled down the field. He is behind Fernando Alonso. A
:09:10. > :09:16.tremendous start for Lewis Hamilton, but somehow, Vettel found his speed
:09:16. > :09:20.down the straight. A brave start for those teams, because in
:09:21. > :09:25.qualifying, they would nip and tuck at top speed with DRS Open, but it
:09:25. > :09:33.is close that the moment and he was ideally positioned beget the
:09:33. > :09:37.slipstream -- at the moment. Brave stuff inside to turn four. The wind
:09:37. > :09:41.speed here is a four metres per second, I don't know what that
:09:41. > :09:48.means except that Sebastian Vettel, in the slipstream, out of the head
:09:48. > :09:52.wind, could really take advantage. It is a tail wind down to turn four.
:09:52. > :10:02.I expected Lewis Hamilton to take more of the left line, but he left
:10:02. > :10:09.
:10:09. > :10:14.places ahead of Adrian Sutil. Side by side election, that is Sebastian
:10:14. > :10:21.Buemi recovering from that contact -- side-by-side action. Kobayashi
:10:22. > :10:27.got himself into 13th place. Vettel, of course, easily pulling out of
:10:27. > :10:32.second Ahmad first lap, including passing Lewis Hamilton -- on that
:10:32. > :10:36.first lap. Look at the lead he has. He needs to break that one second
:10:36. > :10:41.window to make sure that at the end of a second lap, at Lewis Hamilton
:10:41. > :10:48.is not in the DRS zone. We have a yellow flag, I presume that is for
:10:48. > :10:52.the rain. That is Liuzzi leaving the pit lane. Obviously contact on
:10:53. > :10:58.that first lap. But it was a yellow lap -- yellow flag, but it should
:10:58. > :11:01.be yellow and red, which indicates fluid on the track. If they mean
:11:01. > :11:09.slippery track, it is the wrong flag. Jenson Button really
:11:09. > :11:14.struggling to hang on to the two Ferraris. Fernando Alonso hanging
:11:14. > :11:24.onto the back of Webber. Petrov is in her eighth place, Paul di Resta
:11:24. > :11:30.
:11:30. > :11:34.in night, Schumacher in tenth. -- ready close together, closer than
:11:34. > :11:38.some tracks tend to be. Vettel, let's have a look, the same sector
:11:38. > :11:43.as Hamilton in the first part of the luck -- lap. There is a replay
:11:43. > :11:47.of the start. It was nip and tuck and we are expecting the left-hand
:11:47. > :11:52.side, the dirty side, to lose a car's length, but no evidence of
:11:52. > :11:58.that. Clean stock as they find their way through at the front,
:11:58. > :12:08.messy further down. You can see a Lotus and a Virgin run him wide. On
:12:08. > :12:15.
:12:15. > :12:18.the outside line on Webber. Gets squeezed the little bit, which is
:12:18. > :12:23.absolutely fair enough and then he is in a perfect position for the
:12:23. > :12:27.slipstream. Rubens Barrichello, further down the grid. Again, not a
:12:27. > :12:31.big evidence that the left side is there too. There is no grip
:12:32. > :12:37.anywhere, basically. A short run to the first corner, and this is the
:12:37. > :12:43.concertina effect. Has the is a lot more of the kerb than is ideal. --
:12:43. > :12:47.has to use. This is Jenson Button. We see a Ferrari appeared then his
:12:48. > :12:53.inside, he turned away. Where did that come from, you can hear Jenson
:12:53. > :12:57.Button saying. He goes outside the Red Bull and tries to go down
:12:57. > :13:04.around the Ferrari, back into third place momentarily, but that too
:13:04. > :13:09.deep. Out on the debt estoppel. He was deploying KERS as he came out
:13:10. > :13:14.of turn three -- out on the dirty stop. A big push up KERS enabled
:13:14. > :13:18.him to get out of the slipstream and push past the Ferrari. Then
:13:18. > :13:21.there was Rosberg around the outside, following the line of
:13:21. > :13:27.Jenson Button, locking up and getting very wide. Michael
:13:27. > :13:37.Schumacher, a huge slipstream from the Force India, and this is more
:13:37. > :13:44.
:13:44. > :13:49.lead in third. Both Felipe Massa and Alonso, 0.9 behind him. Jenson
:13:49. > :13:54.Button coasting up. Half a second quicker than the previous lap.
:13:54. > :13:59.Cruising into the zone. He will get the advantage of the rear wing.
:14:00. > :14:09.Very late on the brakes. He kind of got beaten up in the first lap or
:14:10. > :14:18.
:14:18. > :14:28.that a Ferrari. It looks like he is intent on winning this race but
:14:28. > :14:32.
:14:32. > :14:41.there is a long way to go. Let us just enjoy this. RADIO: Jensen
:14:41. > :14:51.Button, this pace is very strong, the cars in front. -- we can have
:14:51. > :15:03.
:15:03. > :15:13.the cars in front. He will be losing performance with the dirty
:15:13. > :15:15.
:15:15. > :15:25.air coming off the cars in front. RADIO: box to overtake this lap.
:15:25. > :15:29.
:15:29. > :15:37.That is saying that they can use the undercut. That means that you
:15:37. > :15:44.picked early. Nico Rosberg has got away before him. They get away side
:15:44. > :15:54.by side, you are allowed to do that. But it means that Nico Rosberg has
:15:54. > :15:55.
:15:55. > :16:03.got the upper hand. That will not go down well. The team got him out
:16:03. > :16:10.in front but look at that - he got at slipstream straight away. Can he
:16:10. > :16:18.stopped this time? Where did he find that kind of speed? Presumably
:16:18. > :16:26.he used his KERS. And the Mercedes was one of the fastest cars in the
:16:26. > :16:33.speed trap in qualifying. So he has redeemed himself there. Mercedes
:16:33. > :16:43.have got the best pit-stop record over all of the teams. Jensen
:16:43. > :16:44.
:16:44. > :16:50.Button has got on to the auction tyres. That super soft. He has more
:16:50. > :17:00.grip, theoretically at least, than Nico Rosberg. And he will be
:17:00. > :17:01.
:17:01. > :17:09.spitting feathers that he got back in front of him. He redeemed
:17:09. > :17:19.himself beautifully. If you suspect that he would have had DRS. He has
:17:19. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:31.had a bit of KERS and DRS. A bit of flurry of activity now. Michael
:17:31. > :17:41.Schumacher in and the pits. Jensen Button and Nikko Rosberg still
:17:41. > :17:55.
:17:56. > :18:05.going at it down in the first gives. I think you are correct, he
:18:06. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:11.had KERS and DRS. Rosberg had the advantage at that stage then he
:18:11. > :18:19.locked up. Then Jensen Button coming him on the inside, probably
:18:19. > :18:25.thinking, job done. But Jensen Button had no choice but to yield.
:18:25. > :18:35.Lucky no one else was coming round that corner. We have spoken about
:18:35. > :18:38.
:18:38. > :18:43.that. Sebastian Vettel stays out. There he is. And where is Hamilton?
:18:43. > :18:53.He is in the pit lane now. Soap Lewis Hamilton pits from second
:18:53. > :18:57.
:18:57. > :19:07.place. Looked to be an OK pit-stop their form McLaren. -- there for
:19:07. > :19:13.
:19:13. > :19:22.McLaren. Alonso has pitted as well. And the Ferrari team get their main
:19:22. > :19:32.man on the way. He has gone for the more durable but slower soft tyres.
:19:32. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:54.They go twice as far. Agents until under pressure now. -- Adrian Sutil.
:19:54. > :19:55.
:19:55. > :20:01.Despite being held up by Nicole Rosberg, that has worked out nicely.
:20:01. > :20:11.Oh, he crossed the line, does that count? It is a kind of serrated
:20:11. > :20:14.
:20:14. > :20:22.line. He did cross the solid white line. That has not worked out well
:20:22. > :20:32.for Ferrari, at the pit stops. Red Bull are going with the harder
:20:32. > :20:38.
:20:38. > :20:48.tyres for Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel is copying the McLaren
:20:48. > :20:52.
:20:53. > :21:01.strategy. The safety car is out. That has been deployed just as Mark
:21:01. > :21:11.Webber does a new fastest lap. Some debris around, presumably. Part of
:21:11. > :21:27.
:21:27. > :21:37.that accident. Oh, Schumacher's rear wing is broken. RADIO: Michael
:21:37. > :21:40.
:21:40. > :21:50.and Vitali have damage ahead of you. That will be the end of Schumacher
:21:50. > :22:00.
:22:00. > :22:10.at's race, Forshaw. He was in isn't slow down and allow the safety car
:22:10. > :22:17.
:22:17. > :22:25.to peer out of the way. Now Sebastian Vettel becomes the de
:22:25. > :22:30.facto safety car. And you have to judge where you think you can
:22:30. > :22:38.safely let it go. And he has judged that that is the moment and has
:22:38. > :22:47.gone like a scalded cat. Do not forget that DRS will not be enabled
:22:47. > :22:57.until two collapse after at the safety car went into the pit. --
:22:57. > :23:04.
:23:04. > :23:14.two laps. Jensen Button having a look at the back of Mark Webber.
:23:14. > :23:18.
:23:18. > :23:28.Along dry ground down to turn four now. That is so close and Jensen
:23:28. > :24:04.
:24:04. > :24:14.Button unlucky not to lose the edge being scolded! Two drivers with a
:24:14. > :24:15.
:24:15. > :24:25.lot of determination, fighting over the same piece of tarmac. Bruno
:24:25. > :24:26.
:24:26. > :24:36.Senna in a great position up for as slips Dean -- a slipstream. And
:24:36. > :24:43.
:24:43. > :24:53.Kobayashi will surely now get DRS. As of any time now, Kobayashi can't
:24:53. > :24:54.
:24:54. > :25:04.open -- can open the rear wing. You can see the damage to it. Dragging
:25:04. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:21.on the ground. That will be affecting his aerodynamics. That is
:25:21. > :25:39.
:25:39. > :25:49.where he clipped the back of Senna. We have Mark Webber on the prime
:25:49. > :25:51.
:25:51. > :26:01.tyre. And Vettel on the option. Alonso comes through in the
:26:01. > :26:04.
:26:05. > :26:12.slipstream of Massa. Hamilton now within that DRS zone. And he is
:26:12. > :26:22.half a second quicker when he used it. He is catching Sebastian Vettel
:26:22. > :26:25.
:26:25. > :26:32.very quickly indeed. Rosberg got a little bit of left turn in, as he
:26:32. > :26:36.turned slightly left in the braking zone, the Left Front locked.
:26:36. > :26:43.Guaranteed to happen if you are beyond the limit of grip of your
:26:43. > :26:52.front tyres. Back at the front, there is Mark Webber in behind
:26:52. > :26:59.Hamilton. He is here on the Prime tyres. We already saw that they got
:26:59. > :27:05.to around lap 15 on the options. If Hamilton it and Sebastian Vettel
:27:05. > :27:15.have to stop on the options then it Webber could be the man to win the
:27:15. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:34.race this afternoon. Pretty bumpy on the inside. Radio: box this lap,
:27:34. > :27:41.please. Confirm. So the mechanics are getting ready. Good information
:27:41. > :27:50.also for Red Bull. And it is now a question of what Mark Webber can do
:27:50. > :27:56.with Clear Air. Mark Webber is coming in at! He must be thinking
:27:56. > :28:06.oh no, that is not what I need to beat him. Or Red Bull should have
:28:06. > :28:11.
:28:11. > :28:21.brought him in one lap earlier. What can he do? He will have the
:28:21. > :28:29.
:28:29. > :28:39.DRS as he East. He will have to use it. -- as he leaves. Rear wing open,
:28:39. > :28:43.
:28:43. > :28:53.as you predicted. They are worried about the under cut of Hamilton on
:28:53. > :28:54.
:28:54. > :29:04.the fresh tyres. Hamilton has gone wide. He has to take this in. Mark
:29:04. > :29:13.
:29:13. > :29:16.and Hamilton has the left-hand side of the right -- racetrack. Hamilton
:29:16. > :29:25.strikes right back. A Webber gets tremendous attraction out of this
:29:25. > :29:30.corner and if he can get on they KERS butt end... -- on the KERS
:29:30. > :29:36.Button. Webber can't dry-cleaned for the McLaren and Vettel pits
:29:36. > :29:41.from the lead while these squabble for the lead. Jenson Button has
:29:41. > :29:46.been in as well, he is in the pits. Alonso doesn't appear to. But
:29:46. > :29:54.Felipe Massa has pitted for Ferrari. There is Sebastian Vettel coming
:29:54. > :30:04.out. That is the fighter the second, where will Jenson Button be? Just
:30:04. > :30:07.
:30:07. > :30:11.be fine -- just behind. Webber gets the BRS again. -- DRS. Alonso
:30:12. > :30:17.stayed out. Alguersuari does his personal best of the race. He is
:30:17. > :30:24.running fifth at the moment. Still Webber can't get past with that DRS.
:30:24. > :30:32.Great stuff through that middle sector. It reminded me of Jacques
:30:32. > :30:35.Villeneuve and Aironi. Wheel-to- wheel stuff. Lewis Hamilton,
:30:35. > :30:40.fighting for all he is worth to kick Mark Webber behind him. You
:30:40. > :30:45.have to say, he placed his car beautifully. From that initial
:30:45. > :30:51.lock-up, he was under pressure and he kept the car when he needed to.
:30:51. > :30:59.A super clean, super respectful, yet aggressive. Great riding.
:30:59. > :31:09.both of them. Fernando Alonso comes into pit. Will he come out ahead of
:31:09. > :31:10.
:31:10. > :31:14.his team-mate, the Felipe Massa? A good overview of a perfect pit-stop
:31:14. > :31:21.and away he goes. Whereas Felipe Massa? Just coming out of the last
:31:21. > :31:28.corner. -- Where is. He has done it, he sweeps around in front of Felipe
:31:28. > :31:33.Massa and a job done for Alonso. It is a lot of work just have to be
:31:33. > :31:41.Jyoti made. Webber, DRS wide-open, I think he is bouncing on the limit
:31:41. > :31:50.their. -- just to beat your tea made. They are able to use DRS in
:31:50. > :31:55.all of the straight son in qualifying. -- in qualifying. It is
:31:55. > :32:00.a compromise. We saw Lewis Hamilton in Monza, he was buzzing into the
:32:00. > :32:10.limit to, couldn't get past Michael Schumacher. Are we seeing the same
:32:10. > :32:17.thing from Mark Webber? Let's take stock. We are on lap 38. Vettel,
:32:17. > :32:27.leading Hamilton by 9.9 seconds, who is half a second clear of
:32:27. > :32:29.
:32:29. > :32:32.Webber in third. Jenson Button in a fourth. Felipe Massa in the fifth.
:32:32. > :32:39.Alonso will be in the middle of that when the computer catches up
:32:39. > :32:44.of. TEAM RADIO: You have got everything we have got a. Just
:32:44. > :32:51.think about driving tactically the keep Alguersuari as far away as
:32:51. > :32:55.possible in the Toro Rosso. will he do that? He has around ten
:32:55. > :32:59.laps more in his tyres than Alguersuari, so he will be nursing
:32:59. > :33:07.these until the end. The only option he has is to turn up the
:33:07. > :33:12.engine modes in the last the sector, use up some KERS, a big boost a bit
:33:12. > :33:17.as he comes out of turn two. Bennett is cross yourself and pray,
:33:18. > :33:27.because it he has used up all of his stories -- but then it is.
:33:27. > :33:35.Sitting duck is a phrase that comes to mind. A nice analogy, I like
:33:36. > :33:42.that one. I will use that again, then. We are run lap 46. -- we are
:33:42. > :33:52.on. Vettel likes to chase the statistics, I wonder if he has had
:33:52. > :33:53.
:33:54. > :33:59.a message to say the fastest lap so far is Fernando Alonso. No points
:33:59. > :34:03.for fastest lap, but statistically, it kicks the box. Vettel accordion
:34:03. > :34:07.and wanted to cop -- go for the fastest lap last weekend when he
:34:07. > :34:10.was trying to win the championship and they said, just forget it, just
:34:10. > :34:17.bring your car to the end of the raced and let's take the
:34:17. > :34:21.championship, don't make a mistake. -- race. You have to wonder if
:34:21. > :34:24.Fernando Alonso has punished those tyres a little too hard? He has
:34:24. > :34:28.dropped another three-tenths of a second to Jenson Button through
:34:29. > :34:36.that first sector, he was super consistent, but it looks like it
:34:36. > :34:43.might have taken too much out. RADIO: There are some quick cars
:34:44. > :34:49.behind Hamilton, you might the John tyres. That is Rocky saying stop
:34:49. > :34:55.doing that! That is the headmaster, you are leading the race, you have
:34:55. > :35:02.an 11 second Reid -- lead. Stop enjoying yourself. Webber looking
:35:02. > :35:07.down the inside, trying to but Hamilton off as he goes through two.
:35:07. > :35:13.He has that much better traction. There goes the rear wing are of a
:35:13. > :35:17.Mark Webber. Has he got the seventh gear to do anything in the space?
:35:17. > :35:23.He goes down the outside and will cut back underneath. He will be on
:35:23. > :35:26.the throttle first. But a lot of wheelspin. The McLaren has a better
:35:26. > :35:32.traction than the Red Bull and that is helping Lewis Hamilton where it
:35:32. > :35:36.really counts. Fantastic stuff, Mark Webber trying to set Hamilton
:35:36. > :35:41.up, but you have to get up a bit earlier in the morning to get Lewis
:35:41. > :35:48.to fall for that one. This has allowed Jenson Button to close the
:35:48. > :35:55.lap. It was 1.4 on the last lap, it looks significantly less now.
:35:55. > :36:01.Jenson has done a 43.8. 16 seconds covers the top five. So close,
:36:01. > :36:07.these teams, this year, it is great. Not too many changes for next year-.
:36:07. > :36:11.We should see plenty of evolution and consistency, they are lowering
:36:11. > :36:18.the nose of the car for safety and stopping them putting the exhaust
:36:18. > :36:28.underneath the car, so they should be more equality. -- there should
:36:28. > :36:29.
:36:29. > :36:34.be. That corn at the end of the lap, or Webber very wide court -- corner.
:36:34. > :36:38.Straight onto the back of Hamilton. He needs to be cautious but it is
:36:38. > :36:44.so dirty on the inside of the track, that I think it would be unwise to
:36:44. > :36:49.be sending anyone up the inside of turn one. The problem Mark Webber
:36:49. > :36:53.has is that Jenson Button is right behind him. If he wasn't there, it
:36:53. > :36:58.would be worth a speculative attempt, but if he makes a mistake,
:36:58. > :37:03.he will get past and third place will become fought. Alguersuari
:37:03. > :37:07.can't make any inroads on Rosberg, they remain one second apart. He
:37:07. > :37:17.keeps doing wonderful first sectors with his DRS Open but he can't do
:37:17. > :37:21.anything about Rosberg. So that makes the Toro Rossos eighth and
:37:21. > :37:26.10th. Sebastian Buemi catching pulled the rest as well. So Paul di
:37:26. > :37:36.Resta as the with the chance of a point or two for Force India --
:37:36. > :37:47.
:37:47. > :37:52.Fernando Alonso, just 2.4 behind Jenson Button. Fernando Alonso,
:37:52. > :37:55.40.6 on the last lap. We were wondering whether he had cooked his
:37:56. > :38:03.tyres and then banged in another lap only one-tenth away from his
:38:03. > :38:07.fastest, and the current fastest, lap of the race. He is coming into
:38:07. > :38:12.play. Jenson has got to get up there with Mark Webber and they can
:38:12. > :38:16.move otherwise he will be attacked by Ferrari. And Webber is closer
:38:16. > :38:22.than he has been, this must be his opportunity. He goes for it and he
:38:22. > :38:28.keeps it tidy. He does, Lewis will get the DRS are, so the places he
:38:28. > :38:33.is at the moment. Wrong-footed by the look -- Lotus but he now gets
:38:33. > :38:38.the DRS Open and goes straight past. He was on his way past any way with
:38:38. > :38:45.better speed and with presumably the KERS employed. Jenson Button
:38:45. > :38:48.right on the back of the fight now. So Hamilton keeping his head and
:38:48. > :38:58.reclaiming that place, and indeed, Clicket Jenson Button got that
:38:58. > :39:05.
:39:05. > :39:08.right in there. -- Clicket Jenson through 17 and 18 and it gave
:39:09. > :39:14.Webber his chance. It is intriguing to see whether relative pace of
:39:14. > :39:19.these cars is. You have the McLaren looking mighty on traction and for
:39:19. > :39:23.whatever reason, Lewis Hamilton in that last sector, a lot of sweeping
:39:23. > :39:29.corners, he loses pace. He was just a little bit wrong footed as he
:39:29. > :39:34.came off the right hander. Mark Webber goes for it and did the end,
:39:34. > :39:37.Lewis Hamilton, I wonder if he said, take it this time and I will pass
:39:37. > :39:43.you on the next straight. I love how they are trying to work out
:39:43. > :39:51.their strategy. Is that Webber in front again? It is a replay, excuse
:39:51. > :39:57.me. I got so excited. I like to see at racing and overtaking! This is
:39:57. > :40:01.Paul di Resta getting past Sebastian beware -- getting
:40:01. > :40:08.overtaken by a Sebastian Buemi. He will have to drive like crazy if he
:40:08. > :40:16.wants to take that last point. Toro Rosso in to eighth and ninth, using
:40:16. > :40:23.that prodigious straight-line speed they had in qualifying. Macros
:40:23. > :40:30.radio -- TEAM RADIO: Mixture five, full power. I suspect that is the
:40:30. > :40:36.same as a blue Button. Webber looking to go past in turn one,
:40:36. > :40:41.backs out of bed, trying to get the drive through turn two. -- backs
:40:41. > :40:47.out of it. By the time he gets into the DRS activation point, he is
:40:47. > :40:53.just too far back. 12 seconds behind the leader now. Vettel
:40:53. > :41:01.coasting out front. This lot are busy watching each other. Fernando
:41:01. > :41:05.Alonso has just been told, turn the Ferrari, tear it up to the maximum
:41:05. > :41:12.amount of horsepower. You have enough fuel to get to the end of
:41:12. > :41:18.the race running on maximum power. Coming up to lap a few cars.
:41:18. > :41:24.Kovalainen added Liuzzi, Kobayashi as well -- Kovalainen and Liuzzi.
:41:24. > :41:34.They will be lapped. They come through the pack, Hamilton, Webber,
:41:34. > :41:35.
:41:35. > :41:44.but then, and Alonso. -- Jenson Button. Paul di Resta is holding
:41:44. > :41:49.off Sutil, matching him a lap for lap. Alonso is getting in position.
:41:49. > :41:56.You could see Jenson Button with a little oversteer of the kerb. Needs
:41:56. > :42:00.to close up as they run through turn 14. Short shift on the exit
:42:00. > :42:06.and down, playing the gearbox like a musical instrument in that
:42:06. > :42:11.Ferrari. Struggled a little bit through the last term. The gap has
:42:11. > :42:20.opened up a bed. You wouldn't want to be taking a bite of that war on
:42:20. > :42:29.the outside of 17. -- wall. He back-to- back into the corner like
:42:29. > :42:33.a MotoGP ride out just at the wrong moment, just about to get the DRS.
:42:33. > :42:43.He is 0.8 behind going over the line, he must have been more than
:42:43. > :42:45.
:42:45. > :42:50.as second adrift in the activations loan. -- a second. Hamilton still
:42:50. > :42:56.leaves Webber. It has been a good fight. It has, they have been
:42:56. > :43:01.fighting with the under the various parameters, how much KERS? How do I
:43:01. > :43:07.use the brake balance? How hard the why push the tyres? And the engine
:43:07. > :43:10.mode ofs? And do I have enough fuel? We have both been in
:43:10. > :43:16.simulators changing those buttons while driving the car and it's
:43:16. > :43:20.definitely distract you. It is a lot to think about. As soon as the
:43:20. > :43:24.tyres started going away, my concentration really was stretched
:43:24. > :43:31.to its absolute limits, let alone having to press buttons and go into
:43:31. > :43:35.different modes. TED KRAVITZ: At McLaren, the drivers are being told
:43:35. > :43:40.different things. Hamilton is asking how many left as he
:43:40. > :43:43.desperately defence from Webber and Jenson Button is being told to push.
:43:44. > :43:53.He has enough fuel for the rest of the race so they think he can get
:43:54. > :44:02.
:44:02. > :44:12.last two laps. Once again Mark Webber will have the seemingly
:44:12. > :44:18.
:44:18. > :44:24.useless DRS available to him. ALONSO: I give up. That is not a
:44:24. > :44:33.nice message for a team to here! There is a motion going on inside
:44:33. > :44:41.that Helmut. He has really pulled himself back into this race. He
:44:41. > :44:47.can't sniff second place. It was an incident in front of him. That is a
:44:47. > :44:57.message to McLaren. Do you think he is just teasing them the? I think
:44:57. > :45:07.he is. I think that is a message, if you
:45:07. > :45:17.
:45:17. > :45:23.ever leave me behind Massa again! Rosberg comes back. Good defensive
:45:23. > :45:31.driving from Rosberg. But can he held on for one more lap after this
:45:31. > :45:41.one? This lap is a good layout for racing, no doubt about it. Hamilton
:45:41. > :45:51.has done his personal best, the fastest lap of the race. He pulled
:45:51. > :46:02.
:46:02. > :46:12.that one out of the Bank! -- the bag. RADIO: use them Button if you
:46:12. > :46:38.
:46:38. > :46:45.get the chance, mark. I think that corners from home as once again he
:46:45. > :46:50.leaves his main pursuer is after taking the lead on the first lap.
:46:50. > :46:59.He really has been supreme. And as they fought each other he managed
:46:59. > :47:03.to pull clear. He takes his 20th Grand Prix victory. Sebastian
:47:03. > :47:09.Vettel would have thoroughly enjoyed that. It will mean a great
:47:09. > :47:15.deal to him. Hamilton is second. Mark Webber is a close third.
:47:15. > :47:25.Jensen Button over the line for a 4th, closely pursued by the man who
:47:25. > :47:31.
:47:31. > :47:39.said he was giving up in 5th. Alguersuari on the last lap. Here
:47:39. > :47:46.is a replay. Coming from a long way back. You have to wonder if Rosberg
:47:46. > :47:52.has the fuelling issue because that was from 50 metres behind. So
:47:52. > :48:02.Alguersuari then takes seven. Rosberg crosses the line now, it is
:48:02. > :48:12.almost as if he was out of fuel on the last lap. 7th and 9th position
:48:12. > :48:34.
:48:34. > :48:44.for Toro Rosso. We had finishers. 21 RADIA, run fantastic, it
:48:44. > :48:57.
:48:57. > :49:02.Sebastian. A great drive. Korean Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel
:49:02. > :49:08.it is the winner. It was a shame for him one year ago when his
:49:08. > :49:18.engine blew. But he picks up the points that helps Red Bull become
:49:18. > :49:19.
:49:19. > :49:28.the constructors champion. And well done to Alguersuari who will be
:49:28. > :49:36.happy with points. For the drivers' Championship, that has been won by
:49:36. > :49:45.Sebastian Vettel. And the constructors Championship trophy
:49:45. > :49:49.will also now be handed to Red Bull. 558 points. A truly incredible
:49:49. > :49:56.season for them. Let us here from the men at the centre of the action
:49:56. > :50:06.today. It was a great race and I enjoyed it so much. Yesterday I was
:50:06. > :50:06.
:50:06. > :50:14.happy. I know that I was second. But I a had a good lap. And today
:50:14. > :50:22.it was not a perfect start but a very good first lap. I was able to
:50:22. > :50:27.discharge KERS where I wanted to. And after it last week, we were
:50:27. > :50:33.struggling with the tyres, this week we were superior and able to
:50:33. > :50:41.pull away. That was great for us to watch. The battle with Mark Webber
:50:41. > :50:50.was fantastic. Really strong, clean racing, will to have real. Yes, it
:50:50. > :50:56.was good. I went backwards so I'm not ecstatic, but I'm happy for the
:50:56. > :51:01.team as we have got some good points. I think I drove pretty well,
:51:01. > :51:07.considering how much quicker at their car was, which was a
:51:07. > :51:12.considerable amount. But with good Exits we were able to just about
:51:12. > :51:19.straight ahead. Great driving out there. But we were confused when
:51:19. > :51:25.you came in the same time as Lewis Hamilton. I was as confused as you
:51:25. > :51:32.wear! The tyres were in good shape and I wanted to keep going. So that
:51:32. > :51:42.was a shame. He seemed to have much better traction then you'd that
:51:42. > :51:47.kept him ahead? Yes, and I think when I got past him at turned five,
:51:47. > :51:55.you could see the acceleration. You cannot do much in the last sector.
:51:55. > :52:02.You were battling right to the end but could not quite hang on. I just
:52:02. > :52:10.could not get close enough in the last sector. I put a lot of front
:52:10. > :52:17.end in to the car. But I could not get close enough to them to use DRS.
:52:17. > :52:22.I think I used it once in the whole race. Not perfect, but if this is a
:52:22. > :52:30.bad day, it is not so bad. Tell us about the start was a DUP the start
:52:30. > :52:34.was all right. I braked where I thought was correct and it felt
:52:34. > :52:40.correct but then there was a car that I could not see before I
:52:40. > :52:50.turned in. Then I was stuck on the outside. But I do not think it
:52:50. > :52:50.
:52:50. > :52:54.would have changed my race. I just was not quick enough.
:52:54. > :53:04.Well we spoke before about you are wanting a point. Maybe not as many
:53:04. > :53:07.
:53:07. > :53:17.as you had hoped for today? Well as. It was quite crucial. -- as. It was
:53:17. > :53:24.
:53:24. > :53:32.quite crucial. It just was not to be. Regained appoint back on -- we
:53:32. > :53:36.gained a point back on Sauber. A week ago Sebastian Vettel was
:53:36. > :53:41.enjoying the plaudits and seven days later, at more celebrations
:53:41. > :53:49.for Red Bull. And it means that they are at the constructors
:53:49. > :53:56.champions. The best driver, and the best team in Formula 1. As the sun
:53:56. > :54:03.sets in South Korea let us get the thoughts of David Coulthard. It was
:54:03. > :54:09.a fantastic race. A much bigger winning margin than we have seen
:54:09. > :54:19.from Sebastian Vettel of late. But Hamilton learning to control the
:54:19. > :54:20.
:54:20. > :54:24.race. And as skilful use of DRS. We have three different manufacturers'
:54:24. > :54:30.and six different drivers all battling for podium - wonderful
:54:30. > :54:36.stuff. Sebastian Vettel made the pass early on on Lewis Hamilton and
:54:36. > :54:44.that meant he was not involved in any of those scraps in the race.
:54:45. > :54:54.made a great start. He saved some KERS, used up his KERS later on and
:54:55. > :54:57.
:54:57. > :55:02.then was not seen again. The way he danced the car around the middle
:55:02. > :55:12.sector. He should be immensely proud of the way they teach Crow.
:55:12. > :55:13.
:55:13. > :55:23.He showed us that he can manage the tyres. Today, at the lead McLaren
:55:23. > :55:29.was Lewis Hamilton. What will the emotions be like today knowing that
:55:29. > :55:38.they have secured the constructors Championship? I think he will be
:55:38. > :55:45.disappointed. Not to win the race today. He lost a lot of time,
:55:45. > :55:50.pitting at the same time. You have to question the strategy there.
:55:50. > :55:55.sure Mark Webber will take heart from the fact that he has helped
:55:55. > :56:03.win the constructors Championship. But in two weeks' time he will get
:56:03. > :56:10.his chance for a win. As Formula 1 heads to the newest circuit, the
:56:10. > :56:14.Indian Grand Prix. So once again it searching out new frontiers. But
:56:14. > :56:24.Sebastian Vettel in the same old place - at the front of the pack.
:56:24. > :56:38.